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Further developments

After the GRB970508 BeppoSAX observations were interrupted since after the failure of a gyroscope the standard pointing mode (based on three gyroscopes) was no more operative. BeppoSAX observations of GRBs restated after three months and on December 14 1997 a new GRB was detected in WFC. Since then 9 more events been observed in the field of view of WFC and GRBM. Moreover, BeppoSAX has followed-up 2 events localized by RXTE/ASM, with the detection of an X-ray afterlow in both cases. We cannot discuss the properties of each GRB in detail, but we remind here the GRBs that had major impact on the development of this new branch of Astrophysics.



 

Lorenzo Amati
8/30/1999